Babel Novel
Chapter 363: Mr. Farrell, I Was Wrong
The guests present were completely stunned at the scene! Everyone had a big question mark in their minds. What happened? Wasn’t it a banquet? How could the protagonist of the banquet be arrested? And on charges of endangering national security? The Reed family was equally baffled, having not anticipated this turn of events at all. Jasper stood in the middle, his face ominously dark. He glanced at Tina, a cold light flashing in his eyes. So, this was the “surprise” she had mentioned! What exactly did she want to do?
Lily was about to be taken away from the Reed family, desperately struggling. “Let me go! You’ve got the wrong person, it wasn’t me! I’m innocent!” “Mom! Save me! I really didn’t do it!” But how could she possibly escape from the grasp of the agents from the Bureau? Each member of the Bureau was among the elite of the elite. Not to mention Lily, even those from GTO, if caught by the Bureau, could never hope to escape.
“Lily!” Willow came to her senses amidst the shock, hurrying to intercept the agents. However, before she could even get close, a Bureau soldier pointed a gun at her, “Interfering with official duties, you’re coming too!” Willow was startled, her steps immediately halting. Under the astonished gazes of all, Lily was taken away. The guests looked at each other and began to leave one by one. In just a moment, only the Reed family, Logan, Jared, and Hayden remained.
The Reed family was still in shock. They could never have imagined that a proper banquet would turn out like this! Tomorrow’s headlines would probably explode! The Reed family would once again be thrust into the limelight. Tina’s eyes coldly swept over the crowd, her expression calm as she stood up, patted Juliet on the shoulder, and said, “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to a meal!” “Huh?” Juliet was stunned. You’re still in the mood to eat? Then, she suddenly cleared her head for a moment. Why not be in the mood? Lily being caught was truly satisfying! She immediately stood up and said to Griffin, Damian, and others, “We can’t eat at home, let’s go out!” After such a big incident, and not a single bite eaten at the banquet, there were people at home to take care of things. It was rather inconvenient for them, the younger generation, to stay.
Arthur, who had never liked Lily much, had been focused on Tina, fearing that she might lose her temper someday, a lesson taught by the past incident. But now, seeing Tina in a rather good mood, he eagerly followed her. Griffin quickly followed suit. After a moment of silence, Damian and Audrey also got up. Hayden had wanted to leave after Lily was taken away, but faced with the watchful Jared, he dared not move a step. Seeing Tina leave, he hurried after her, “Serena, wait for me, I’m coming too!” With that, he quickly ran off.
Jared lifted his gaze, not sparing another look at the Reed family, and left with Logan. He had Nathan Lehman escort Logan back, while he quickly approached and pulled Tina into his car. Upon seeing this, Juliet immediately cursed, “You scumbag…” Jared’s eyes slightly lifted, “Follow my car!” With that, he directly pulled Tina into the car and drove off, leaving several people disordered in the wind. What was going on? Weren’t these two supposed to have broken off their engagement? Yet, they still seemed so close. Seeing Jared already driving away, they hurriedly followed.
The dining venue was an upscale restaurant exclusive to members only, where the prices were exceedingly high. Juliet and the other young members of the Reed family couldn’t afford to dine there often. The cost was truly frightening! But the food was undeniably delicious. The group followed Jared all the way to a private suite on the top floor, their eyes wide with astonishment. After a long silence, Arthur exclaimed, “Holy crap! This is the supreme VIP exclusive suite!” Audrey, her expression blank, added, “I heard this suite is never opened to the public, reserved only for supreme VIPs, and to date, there are only three VIP cards issued!” Everyone turned their gaze towards Jared.
How could this be the Farrell family’s good-for-nothing young master? He was a hidden gem! Confused, they followed Jared inside, and then the manager of Moonlight Hall came in personally, “Mr. Farrell! You’ve arrived?” The manager of Moonlight Hall never personally attended to guests; any issues were always handled by his assistants. Yet today, he came by himself and addressed Jared with such respect. What was going on?
“Yes,” Jared leaned back in his chair, holding Tina’s hand and resting the other on the table, his voice cool, “These are my friends, please treat them well!” “Of course, Mr. Farrell,” the manager replied and went down to give instructions. The suite fell silent. Juliet and the others glanced at Tina and then at Jared, a hundred questions in their minds, but none dared to ask. Jared’s expression was icy, his presence intimidating; nobody dared speak. Audrey stole a glance at Jared, her heart pounding, but soon she lowered her head, too intimidated to look at him again.Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
Soon, the food arrived. It was all specialty dishes from Moonlight Hall, and everyone’s mouth watered at the sight. Jared personally poured wine for them, then raised his glass, his demeanor noble and polite, “Thank you for looking after Tina. I drink to you!” Everyone hurriedly raised their glasses to clink with his. After drinking, the younger members of the Reed family looked at each other in confusion. Weren’t they? What was going on? They had interacted with Jared before without such tension; why did they now feel like mice in the presence of a cat, terrified?
Eventually, unable to resist the delicious food in front of them and too hungry to care about anything else, they all began to eat. They were truly starved; they hadn’t eaten much since the morning and had been busy until now without a bite.
Jared first served Tina a dish, his voice gentle, “Tina, eat more!” Tina smiled at him, “Will you take responsibility if I get fat?” Jared’s smile reached his eyes, “Yes, I’ll take care of you!” “Then, uncle, first return my one hundred billion!” Tina extended her hand, her eyes curving into a smile. Jared, “…” Didn’t they know there’s no such thing as giving and then taking back? But then… “No!” Tina, “…” Where’s the face? Jared coughed lightly, somewhat embarrassed, “The team is short on funds recently; I’ll borrow it for now and return one hundred and twenty billion in a month.” Tina’s eyes sparkled, “That’s acceptable.” A neat profit of twenty billion! Very worthwhile! Hearing this, the Reed family members were baffled again! So, were these two just joking around with everyone?
Suddenly, Jared picked up a piece of pork knuckle and placed it in Hayden’s bowl, his smile deepening, “Hayden, try this; the pork knuckle tastes very good!” Hayden, “…” No, please! Was he about to be stewed like a pork knuckle? He suddenly shivered and knelt down, “Mr. Farrell! I was wrong!”